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Tor Coatings is renowned for the partnership services it provides to the paint and coatings industries.
Outsourcing has long been recognised as an important strategic tool by many manufacturing companies. Indeed, those who operate in highly competitive markets often view outsourcing as essential to their success.
Such companies choose Tor Coatings for the wide range of CONFIDENTIAL services offered, including research and development, purchasing, manufacturing, packaging and supply chain management.
Entering into a professional partnership with Tor Coatings quite simply opens up a whole new world of resource which gives companies fresh opportunities to develop their business – often in directions that would be otherwise impossible. |
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Why Tor Coatings? |
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Tor Coatings has been operating confidential partnership agreements with paints and coatings manufacturers since the 1970s and is now the partner of choice for companies both large and small.
Working in partnership with Tor coatings will allow you to focus on your core strengths, increase your flexibility, improve efficiency and reduce costs. Our partnership customers also find working with Tor has improved their customer service and cite this as a major benefit.
We have invested heavily in efficient, flexible facilities and a team with unrivalled experience within the coatings market.
With a unique approach to working with clients we can offer a complete range of outsourcing services, from initial advice to taking full responsibility for the entire manufacturing and supply chain process.
Above all, we understand our role and the critical importance of providing response times and quality of service that safeguard our clients’ reputation. |
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Services Tor Coatings can offer your business: |
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Manufacture |
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We have extensive production capacity, including state of the art low flash, moisture cured and colour milling equipment. This means we can handle the most difficult of products including high performance, two-pack, metallic and hammer finishes, plus a wide array of special-effect decorative products.
Our facilities have, above all, been designed to sustain volume production yet retain the unequalled flexibility and speed of response that delivers exceptional value to clients. We are proud of our facilities and welcome client visits or audits as part of our passion for continuous improvement.
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Highly flexible paint
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Batch sizes from 100 to 5000 litres
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Stand-alone low flash production
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Unrivalled response times
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Low volume lines and small pack sizes
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ISO9001:2000 accredited |
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Filling, labelling and packaging |
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Our on-line packaging facilities are modern and flexible, designed to efficiently handle everything from high volume orders to limited runs of small or difficult to handle shapes or pack sizes. This flexibility has allowed our clients the freedom to choose pack sizes and configurations that exactly meet their customer’s needs, giving them real competitive advantage.
Finished goods can be delivered boxed, palletised and shrink wrapped, to precisely the same appearance and standard that our clients set for themselves. Better still, our systems allow all of the work carried out by Tor Coatings to remain invisible to your clients.
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High or low volume filling capabilities
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Packaging from 20ml to 1000 litre IBC
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Metal and plastic containers
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Lever lids, screw top and CRCs
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Stretch and shrink wrapping
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All types of label application |
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Storage, warehousing and distribution |
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Our site offers approved, separate storage facilities for lo flash or hazardous goods, controlled by comprehensive management and reporting systems that keep the client constantly updated. We can manage every aspect of the supply chain, from taking and fulfilling customer orders through to stock control and delivery across the globe. As part of this service, we provide advice on the requirements for the transport of hazardous goods to meet IMDG and ADR regulations.
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Secure storage
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Bulk handling
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Computerised stock control
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Over 120,000 sq. ft. of warehousing
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Automatic stock replenishment
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Dedicated secure storage
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Picking, packaging and delivery
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Computerised tracking
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Client-specific paperwork |
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Research and development |
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Supporting non-core business units is a common theme to many of our most successful partnerships. Empowering your business managers to utilise the experience and flexibility of Tor Coatings can dramatically improve the profitability of remote or neglected business units.
Our partnership service offers all the resources and expertise of our Technical Department for the support of our clients business. Additionally, we can provide a dedicated laboratory within our Technical Centre where clients’ own technologists can work hand in hand with Tor Coatings’ chemists.
Our facilities are also available for product or process engineering, raw material or cost reduction evaluations and problem solving. We provide full testing to industry standards of certification and our BS EN ISO 9000-2000 system ensures total quality throughout development, manufacture and beyond.
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Own label development |
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Tor coatings can manufacture thousands of products for YOU and supply them in YOUR livery, including:
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